Best Places11021, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 11021, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
11021 ranks 1,100th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 11021
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
11021's strengths and weaknesses
Where 11021 ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of zip codes
Where 11021 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Short commute37.8 minutes each way, better than only 6% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 7% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 11021
A household needs to earn about $234,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 11021 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $143,314, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 11021's effective rate of 1.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 11021
11021 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 11021.
Who works in 11021, and how
Work in 11021 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 26%
Life in 11021
11021 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 65% of zip codes. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 11021 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 11021, month by month
11021 sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of 11021
Laguardia sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 11021
Schools across 11021 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeville Elementary SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Saddle Rock SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manhasset Middle SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Great Neck South Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Great Neck North Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Great Neck South High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Manhasset Secondary SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Great Neck North High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 11021 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
11021 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 11021 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 11021
Is 11021 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 11021 ranks 1,100th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 11021 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $840,447. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $143,314 median income, cost of living beats 83% of zip codes.
Is 11021 safe?
11021 is safer than 31% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare 11021 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 11021. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 11021 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
11021 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 11021: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 11021: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 11021: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 11021: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
11021 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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